Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.
Students:
B - Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.
I am thinking about the way I have been playing around with the Edmodo site. Setting myself up as a teacher has allowed me to create a whole little unit around a topic. I can see using this site as a way to help students reach the above standard. My vision would be to create a mini unit and then post all of the assignments through the Edmodo site. I would assign a little reading along with a couple of questions that they must answer in the microblog format. I would also add a couple of websites I want them to visit with specific tasks they must do at the site. Finally, I would have them post back to me each day a sentence or two about what they worked on that day.
Once I have set this up I would allow for several days in the computer lap for students to independently work on the unit. They would know that they had to write an end of work-time sentence each day, but other than that they would have a choice of which assignment to work on each day. Of course I would be reminding them and helping with timekeeping; ie: "Ten minutes left, you should be writing your 'What I Did Today' sentence. Remember you have 6 visits to the lab and 4 assignments to complete."
Now, the way I see this working specifically to this standard is that I am asking the student to manage their own work and keep track of their time in order to complete the entire unit assignment. Students are researching a specific topic via teacher guidance, but they are 'in charge' of both the process and the end result. I would specifically put in one website that is more 'fun', perhaps with a game to play. This means a student will need to make decisions about the use of their time weighing what they need to accomplish compared to what might be the most fun.
Hello Martha,
ReplyDeleteI have been fiddling around with this post for what feels like hours. I have no idea why the 2 sections are white instead of the same background as the rest. I have edited it several times, cleared and rewritten it, played around with the background and layout settings and even completely deleted and reposted but I can't figure out how to fix it. At this point it is more important for me to do the rest of my work and come back with fresh eyes, but if you have ideas I would appreciate the help.
Thanks, Louise
Hmm, let's look at the post at some during (or before) class tomorrow and see if we can figure it out . . .
ReplyDeleteAnd I love your assignment idea, especially how the students have to choose how to spend their time!